Pleiotropic effects of N-acylhomoserine lactone synthase ExpI on virulence, competition, and transmission in Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum Pcc21.

Background: Pectobacterium species are necrotrophic phytopathogenic bacteria that cause soft rot disease in economically important crops. The successful infection of host plants relies on interactions among virulence factors, competition, and transmission within hosts. Pectobacteria primarily produce and secrete plant cell-wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) for virulence.

PCR Screening of from Mixture of Lactic Acid Bacteria Using Bile Salt Hydrolase Gene as a Selective Marker.

It is very important to rapidly detect the contamination of in fermented foods such as Korean Kimchi to maintain its freshness since Kimchi is exported to all over the world. However, gene sequence of is very similar among various . So, there have been difficulties in its screening.